Because of the horribly disturbing nature of the group known as The Satanic Temple that has finally being granted approval to have an after-school program designed for TEN year-olds, before reading the article below I try to explain to the reader in the video how such a program could possibly be either legal or constitutional, because believe it or not, the program is both!

In the video, first I’ll explain what The Satanic Temple “says” they plan to do with the brand new after-school group that officially begins on October 19th, then I explain how despite the distasteful and horrific nature of the program, it does not violate the constitution in any way, much as that might really bother people. Finally, and I would argue most importantly, I explain how this has EVERYTHING to do with the coming election in November, and why it affects us all. After the article from CBS News below, you’ll find links to many of the posts I discuss in the video about the larger effort at work behind this, and where the money is coming from to fund it.

Finn Rezz, one of the group’s leaders, says their program focuses “on science and rational thinking,” and it will promote “benevolence and empathy for everybody.”

The group says it hopes to counter the influence of Christian after-school programs, such as Good News Clubs, that have popped up at schools in the wake of a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for religious organizations to establish after-school activities at public school facilities.

The Good News Club is put on by the Child Evangelism Fellowship, “a Bible-centered organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living.”

The Satanic Temple is also seeking to place its programs in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.

The Satanic Temple has said it would prefer to exclude religious teachings altogether from school sites, but feels compelled to establish after-school programs to provide an alternative to Christian teachings.

Editor’s Note: Below is a video released by the Satanic Temple promoting its after-school program. Some viewers may find the images disturbing.

“Once religion invades schools, as The Good News Clubs have, the Satanic Temple will fight to ensure that plurality and true religious liberty are respected,” the group said in a statement on its website.

“Twisted Evangelical teachings of The Good News Clubs robs children of the innocence and enjoyment of childhood, replacing them with a negative self image, preoccupation with sin, fear of Hell, and aversion to critical thinking,” the group added.

Doug Mesner, the Satanic Temple’s co-founder, told USA Today that the group has reached out to nine school districts located near local Satanic Temple chapters and is targeting schools that “have hosted, or are now hosting, Good News Clubs.” He said that since the Washington Post first reported on the program, the Satanic Temple has been inundated with emails from potential volunteers looking to help establish After School Satan clubs.

The Satanist after-school clubs would be operated by volunteers at local chapters of the Satanic Temple “who have been vetted by the Executive Ministry for professionalism, social responsibility, superior communication skills, and lack of criminal history,” the group says. Mesner told USA Today the meetings would be held for one hour, once a month.

THE VOICE OF REASON is the pen name of Michael DePinto, a graduate of Capital University Law School, and an attorney in Florida. Having worked in the World Trade Center, along with other family and friends, Michael was baptized by fire into the world of politics on September 11, 2001. Michael’s political journey began with tuning in religiously to whatever the talking heads on television had to say, then Michael became a “Tea-Bagging” activist as his liberal friends on the Left would say, volunteering within the Jacksonville local Tea Party, and most recently Michael was sworn in as an attorney. Today, Michael is a major contributor to www.BeforeItsNews.com, he owns and operates www.thelastgreatstand.com, where Michael provides what is often very ‘colorful’ political commentary, ripe with sarcasm, no doubt the result of Michael’s frustration as he feels we are witnessing the end of the American Empire. The topics Michael most often weighs in on are: Martial Law, FEMA Camps, Jade Helm, Economic Issues, Government Corruption, and Government Conspiracy.